Verbal Ability - Quantifiers

A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity. Quantifiers can be used with countable and uncountable nouns. Some examples of quantifiers (in bold) are −

There are some books on the desk

He's got only a few dollars.

How much money have you got?

There is a large quantity of fish in this river.

Quantifiers that are used with uncountable nouns

much

a little/little/very little

a bit (of)

a great deal of

a large amount of

a large quantity of

Quantifiers that are used with countable nouns

many

a few/few/very few

a number (of)

a majority of

several

a large number of

a great number of

Quantifiers that can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns

all

enough

more/most

less/least

lots of

plenty of

no/none

not any

some

any

a lot of

Important

‘Few’, ‘very few’ mean that there is not enough of something.

‘A few’ means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.

‘Little’, ‘very little’ mean that there is not enough of something.

‘A little’ means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.